Our Team
The team members at Steve’s Camp—often camp alumni—are equally passionate about nature-based learning and youth empowerment. Through the tireless dedication of our full-time employees, seasonal counselors, and volunteers, hundreds of kids and teens experience camp each year.
Staff
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As a New York City-kid who benefited from the opportunity to explore nature during his summers at sleep-away camp, Terence feels a deep, personal connection with the mission of Steve’s Camp. After spending his early career in the financial sector—trading stocks on Wall Street and selling New York real estate—Terence was able to combine in his love of running with his desire to help others, becoming the executive director for the New York chapter of Back on My Feet, a nonprofit that uses the power of running to support unhoused people with vital resources. He later became the vice president of engagement at the organization’s national level. In 2020, that love of movement and helping others, led him to join the Steve’s Camp team, where he focuses on building the organization’s capacity so that more preteens and teens can experience the magic of camp.
Terence earned his BA in accounting and finance from NYU’s Stern School of Business. He lives in Manhattan with his wife, sons, and fantastic dog. When he’s not communicating with families or donors, you can find him training for his next marathon.
“Our 100-acre working farm is really magical, and the only way you can experience it is to come up here. See the kids smiling, see the way that they connect, see the community they create here, and the lasting friendships. Getting people outside, being together, turning off your phones. It’s just a marvelous experience and something that these young people don’t forget.”
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Destiny is a professional change-maker and barrier remover. She has over 15 years experience in project management in the non-profit sector, first in the area of international trade and business development with the National US-Arab Chamber of Commerce then in workforce development with The Doe Fund, Back on My Feet, and Path Forward. She is passionate about providing her community with opportunities to learn, grow, and challenge themselves. She is also a licensed wilderness guide who loves to provide guidance in the outdoors.
Executive Committee
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Steve grew up in a working-class neighborhood in the Bronx. Every summer, Steve and his family would leave the crowded city for a bungalow colony in the Catskill Mountains. When Steve was a teenager, his father, a taxi driver, picked up a Dartmouth College alum. The two hit it off, and eventually, the alum enabled Steve to attend Dartmouth when he was only 16 years old.
Steve credits his summers in the Catskills and the support of the Dartmouth alum for being instrumental to his personal growth and his career success as a real estate professional—founding The R.E. Group of Companies and K5 Equities, LLC. He founded Steve’s Camp to enable young people from similar economic backgrounds to explore and grow in the Catskills.
“I want the campers to take away an educational background—whether it’s horseback riding or being in a canoe for the first time—something which will always stay with them. We’ve had probably 1500 kids come through this camp, and we’ve changed their lives—they tell me so.”
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